Shaun Michael Goldsmith

Profile Summary:

Trained and skilled screenplay consultant in the Toronto film community with over four years of experience including shorts, features, as well as logline and treatment analysis.

Experience:

Script Reader, Vail Film Festival – Screenwriting Contest 2016
TV Series Writer – “The Next Music Generation” 2015-Current
Private Script Consultant 2012-Current

Achievements:

“The Death Squad” Semi-Finalist Nicholl Fellowship 2014
Finalist Reel Movies 2014
Finalist Write Movies.com 2014

“Cold Autumn” Quarter-Finalist Write Movies.com 2015
Finalist Reel Movies 2015

Educational Qualifications:

George Brown College

LIBA 9086 Screenwriting I – Write Your Own Screenplay September – December 2000
Instructor: Nika Rylski

LIBA 9091 Screenwriting II January – March 2001
Instructor: Nika Rylski

Raindance Canada Film Labs

The Saturday Film School April 2012
Instructor: Eliot Grove

Low Budget Filmmaking May 2012
Instructor: Eliot Grove

Script Supervision and Continuity September 2014
Instructor: Daniela Saloni

Director and Cinematography Workshop February 2015
Instructor: Daniel Oron

Comedy Intensive Workshop March 2015
Instructor: Steve Kaplan

Pitching Skills Workshop April 2015
Instructor: Maria Cordoni

TV Showrunner Workshop September 2015
Instructor: Daniel Oron

Raindance Canada Certificate Courses

Cinematography Foundation Certificate April 2012
Instructor: Sarah Moffat

Webseries Foundation Certificate January 2015
Instructor: Mike Fly

Documentary Foundation Certificate February 2015
Instructor: Chuck Scott

Producer’s Foundation Certificate March 2015
Instructor: Elliot Grove

TV Writer’s Foundation Certificate April 2015
Instructor: Jennifer Cowan

Screenwriting Foundation Certificate June 2015
Instructor: Michael Sparaga

Director’s Foundation Certificate August 2015
Instructor: Annie Bradley

Software Skills

 Final Draft v.8
 Celtx
 Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Power Point, Project
 Google – Docs, Sheets

Honors

Judge – 1st Annual University of Toronto Film Festival March 2016
Featured Speaker – University of Toronto Film Club February 2016
Presenter – 2nd Annual Wasaga Beach Film Festival January 2013